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How has Buckhorn Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
701
Middle
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222002163
Buckhorn Middle School
4185 Winchester Road, New Market, AL 35761 · (256) 851-3230 · Madison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Alabama public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
241 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 341 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 360 | 51% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buckhorn Middle School
Buckhorn Middle School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn Middle School this school | 701 | 34.4% | 46.6% |
| Riverton Intermediate School Huntsville | 872 | 32.5% | 67.0% |
| Redland Middle School Wetumpka | 579 | 36.3% | 57.8% |
| Daphne Middle School Daphne | 861 | 30.7% | 52.8% |
| Muscle Shoals Middle School Muscle Shoals | 642 | 33.2% | 67.4% |
| Monrovia Middle School Huntsville | 988 | 31.8% | 52.2% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buckhorn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #101 of 260 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #110 of 260 | #11 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #89 of 260 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #59 of 265 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #217 of 244 | #12 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #49 of 246 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #231 of 264 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #53 of 79 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
701
+55 (+9%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 701 | 34.2 | 20.5:1 | 34% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 40% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 34 | 20.2:1 | 38% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 32.2 | 20.8:1 | 36% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 30 | 22.1:1 | 31% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 31% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckhorn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (669 to 701); teachers up 6% (32.2 to 34.2).
About Buckhorn Middle School
A mid-sized middle school in New Market, Alabama, Buckhorn Middle School is part of Madison County. It reports enrollment of 701 students in grades 7 through 8. The school is 38% bigger than the average for middle schools in Alabama.
Buckhorn Middle School is one school in a 28-school district, Madison County, which enrolls 20,691 students.
Federal enrollment data show Buckhorn Middle School is 56% White. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Buckhorn Middle School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Buckhorn Middle School totals 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. The average for middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Buckhorn Middle School is about 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Buckhorn Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Alabama public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Buckhorn Middle School is -12.3 points: 46.6% actual, 59.0% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Madison County show that the median household earns about $86,499 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Madison County has 89 public schools with about 55,800 students, including Buckhorn Middle School.
The closest school to Buckhorn Middle School is Buckhorn High School, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Buckhorn Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 46.6% is below the 61.9% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 701, compared with 646 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Buckhorn Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Other schools in New Market
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Moores Mill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 675 students
- New Market SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Walnut Grove SchoolElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Buckhorn High School0.1 mi · 1,320
- New Market School3.1 mi · 426
- Riverton Elementary School3.5 mi · 596
- Lynn Fanning Elementary School3.9 mi · 618
- Moores Mill Intermediate School4.6 mi · 675
- Walnut Grove School5.6 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Buckhorn Middle SchoolHow large is Buckhorn Middle School?
Buckhorn Middle School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Buckhorn Middle School serve?
Buckhorn Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buckhorn Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buckhorn Middle School is approximately 20.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckhorn Middle School?
At Buckhorn Middle School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 8% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckhorn Middle School?
Buckhorn Middle School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.